| Show written for this paper FROM SAVAII SAMOA on the fth of november I 1 started on my trip around the island to visit and the brethren and sain bain a 8 make a more determined effort to set got the gospel before the people has ever been done before fedelim that the time had arrived lor for such much an effort to be made rider eider moody and two of our school I 1 boy me xo to puabla twelve miles a jimiy my way to balea saleaula uia here I 1 hired a young man loan to tack pack the parcels etc of he tabe eluere on OD to saleaula bal eaula for a dollar we travelled through the lonely tore and r ugh rooks rocks at quite a lively rate until nearing Loul atele twelve mike farther on our way when my knee became very stiff and pain painful fuls by jumping over and up and ana down dowa on the lava rock which cot co freoa one of toe luo CM 0 ah to the other i I 1 reached saleaula about 8 3 pm and of course elders bentson benoon sod ana knudsen were oft pleased to see eee me come witti with to ir viall uail and a cake fr fir brother K we all enjoyed the saints a d obi loreD luren are about the same iu in immier as lor for two years past but they boien to wani feat a arrealer hope and feel better belter t spiritually than they have fora gi long time past brothers Brut bere abd tad have been laboring very isar neeLly to liven the branch up again we bola three lovely uR taun day november laib and a sunday school in all of which I 1 did aid the IV preaching were many meo men members present in the evening on ee ellov aloo who seemed very much interested to la wrist was said it was a day of re boloing for on ao monday N november avem her I 1 I 1 lb broth er 0 jenson three ol of our school boyi matuli ambula and tat Te tand and 11 1 jett saleaula Bal eaula on OB out our march around the is laoo isna we called on friends at isamae go g eight miles west of Sale saleaula auls they belted pelted us ua to stay atay with them over nimbi but as aa they bad another appointment for that bat evening we could not dot hold bold me etiny so 0 o we went on our way we balled lied on OD mr nelson in sophue sod and he be too asked us ua to stay atay overnight over night but bat an we wanted to hold meeting li ii possible in a mile further on we excused ourselves mr nelson i its the some good gooda bo boolat boniest niest accommodating man he always was wa from brother woodes time until now toe has been very kind to us attl MW be b baa never taken any interest in the gospel us as again revealed in this our day in fact he be to is ocre oab or of the conr honorable men of the earth who has kept himself clean fram the wrangling of modern christianity though hough be its ir not an aim enli joi by any means I 1 believe the lord will yet touch his noble heart and ad that he will then accept the true plan ot of salvation from mr nelson nellona Ne laona a we went onto on to saatina where we were welcomed by a chief and his wife and very suon soon after or arrival we got his bis consent to hold isee meetings tinge in his bis house before the hour boar tor for meeting fir arrived rived several others came in who seemed very pleased to non MODS ibey blau us ua with a very nice supper about wk we began meeting with about aboul ton en of abe important meo men of the town and ethere we only had bad one lamp and no tle but brother J gave them a good 44 4 4 after meeting they stopped and talked for bormore more than an hour about abou our belief and practices ep nov we walked on up to alpo H bush town twelve miles from basins we passed fetui about 9 i acl cl ck cb where we found th people al all 0 suiting getting leady to go down to basima to t mba me meeting a yearly donation paid 17 y all natives belonging to the church 1 I england we were unable to get gel breakfast at this place so we had bad to walk on in ane broiling sti suna oland tid over the riot lava rook until noon when we reached alpo as above stated we had baj a very good breakfast about 2 p mand m and also a light alight supper that evening As the villagers were 1140 away to the me we were unable to hold meeting or do anything that t we went to bed quite early in an alu native hiapo I for a mosquito mo equito U er which had a very bad baa smell and being tight was decidedly unhealthy A little before sunrise we across the M unarmed armed with a lot oi 01 you young ug 0 to drink the mu is the latest lava outburst on samoa the natives not knowing anything about dates or ages are unable to tell bow long ago it was since the melted mass of rook rock came running down the mountain side to the sea where ane trail crosses it it is not more than three miles wide but on bearing the sea it gets much wider trio rad across the aau la is the musi must dreaded of all roads on samoa bell bel g solid rock most of the way it to is I 1 very eaby L by to dosu the trail though the ED moot bet of the mu 1 1 is a great shuttered shattered maee mass for which cause I 1 am unable to give a reason unless it was caused by neavy rain tailing upon ulon the red hot hoi lava when the cun bun is shining and there is no to is almost impossible to co endure the heat beat while vi bile crossing over the lava bed vegetation is beginning to grow most all over it now and some of the trees are twenty feet fee high the first loreign foreign sailors who came to this group inform us that there was no DO vegetation rt at all growing on do this lava bed all samoa was once the same and it to is astonishing how trees will grow without a bit of soil our oar company reached 14 miles west of alpo about 2 p m this is by all the longest and hardest walk travelers have to make on savail savaii we were treated very kindly in but they gave us nothing to eat because they have it for the past two seasons this district has almost burnt up for the want of ruin rain and last jast year a fire are swept over the whole country doing great damage the week before we reached eldora elders walker silver and goo geo burnham had been there and had hold held a very large meeting but we were u cable to do so for they said your gospel and our gospel I 1 lo 10 just alike and ana there is no need of dividing the village and having two churches 12 we bore our testimony to them and then left and went on to six wilts further farther west here we found elder walker who was on his bis way to saleaula eaula from Foga tull through his bis report and from what we learned there were a number who wanted him to stay aud and teach a free school for their children but tb y had no desire to turn mormons Mor roone mons 23 alj brother critchton Critch ten was well and quite hearty arid and has great faith and hope in ID the gospel november we went on to papa where we were very kindly treated by the L M 8 S te autier sod his bis wite wl e ind and several others who asked us to stay over i ight but as ae sunday was throwing growing close rt at hand band we left papa a 4 and went on eight miles to where abere we arrived at sunset ruis is a large long village and to la situated on the extreme west end of savali it is about half catholics and half if stants but quite a number express strong desires to become initiated into the true folta for they say they have weighed the others in the balance and found them wanting we sung a few native hj hymns amne with our tunes tones to them this evening fairly charmed them later on OD WO we held a gospel talk and bail it about all our oar own way but were unable to lo hold a regular meeting nov 15 we wb went on to tafu most of the villagers sod and our friedda being away we went on to leafu where we arrived about soon leafu to Is about twelve miles northeast of Palea lupo and the same distance dista oce north of bitana sitana we were very kindly treated lathis to this place but being unable to bold a meet ing we left jett fur for Fal elima at 4 velock oo lock we arrived at Pa Fa lellma at sunset and were heartily welcomed by george burgess and family he Is a naif halt caste and has a native wife and two little children they have always shown great favors and love jove to the elders since the very first buts but as eyet yet have not been baptized still they tell us and how chow by their actions that their hearts heart are with tie as and only through the law ot of the she town have they put oft off being initiated into the fold of the true 13 shepherd hepherd we find this to be the case in a great many villages for many would like to join us but are atilid it if they should du do so their houses bouses would be burned the property confiscated coo fiscal ed and driven from the town thel highest hig lest chiefs ot of every town can do about as they please but it janit jan it so with the second order older of and the lower classes ol assee but we lee leej that the time la it close at baud when we will have the confidence and esteem of high chiefs to that extent that hat the people can do as an they please we have good reasons to feel so besides the he lord lit Is to cut his work short in ia righteousness aring the last great struggle of truth sruth and error on tue toe earth in this great dis sensation pensa tion of the fullness of times november we went on nine alies to lo where we arrived about 1 pm we found elders silver and burnham well and jelling splendid as were also ajao the saints saint the old chief agualo has baa been trying to lead and dictate the elders for the past eight mouths months but at last be has found out by a sad experience that the lord will not honor and bless those who als dishonor honor those whom he has chosen to lead his cause a lesson to us uri alj sunday the we held three good meetings brother J spoke twice and I 1 once in our evening meeting we ordained Apt afualo ialo a priest and also set met opapo apart for his mission tu to the cun conference terence of opapo was ordained an n elder eider at our late conference in SAll auls and ana cal called ledat abc the sause time to this field of labor monday the we all went down to where we stopped over night and hold held a long conversation in the evening with wilb the principal meu men of the place they aleo believed our maes message sage was true but that was all they bey could do at present because of our being unpopular nov 19 we went on to malailua Sal ailua to peter Jeu geusens sens and took breakfast with him lie he is as aa good a friend as aa the elders ever had to lo the world and from brother woods first landing he be has baa JisteL ed to our stories tories fl and has read our works but still he keeps beeps in the background back fouad though we ail feel that he be will yet be one of us we all went on to taga that afternoon where we hoped to hold bold a large meeting but as nearly all ali the people were away we did nothing november Nove 20 Bre brothers silver and aarnham turned back this morning for Fogo iuli while elder jenson the boys and I 1 came un on to tufu sixteen maille where we arrived about 2 p m W here we called upon sod and stayed with bod an old li M W a 8 preacher who is one ot of the must honorable men of the earlb and nd I 1 dari dare say as am honorable bono rable and upright a tia as lives jives to in this generation nener atlon his name Is ia mose moses and like ot of old he is a patient pat leor fatherly god mo min he to is sincere and de devoted otei to religion and has been a preacher lor for twenty three bearo and for the good he has done be will III surely receive a s great reward but we pray that he be will yet understand c and embrace the fullness of the gospel nov I 1 21 we came on eight miles to where w here we w stopped over ni abt with one Manu elna and nd family who are relatives to we the king they were very pleased to have us with them and begged us to always come there and top stop whenever we call that way we had a good gospel conversation during the evening anu alao a singing school november we oa do ten miles to to in a heavy beavy rain torm storm all ail the way but even in this our hearts heart wire lull fuh of joy we found brother moody anti and the saint saints well and leeling feeling flue fine aud and the he work going on od very ivory nicely j krother brother divid david kenison jr and the palate of branch are putting up a house and the noted warrior and statesman stai esman and his town Fago poa are also assists ag by f furo a r n ish ieh ing material for the root roof brother david I 1 iti one of the very best deacons in oar oar whole church and through his bit earnest faithful labors be is making a stir to in that branch anu and adjoining village lie he is called everything but a dishonest man by members of these theme churches but that only pleases him and makes him diore more energetic his goo I 1 native ve wife f e tarn tam umusa to ie about the same and add a great support to us by their assistance they are sacrificing a great deal but they believe that the lord will reward them for it all with mana man returns turoa re sunday november 24 b we held two meetings lu in the new unfinished house bouee fag darin during the h e following week Bro brother tAher jeason Jen soo out oaf boys and I 1 helped on the house sunday december lot let we hold held four good meetings together with the saints who came down to hold social octal meeting together we are full of live and bright hopes and nd falth faith that hat a bright day lg Is dawning upon samoa samis we learned from the elders that the same earnest spirit is taking hold of the natives on upolu and tutuila as to is manifest on this island many have been baptized and others applied for baptism L B BURNHAM SAMOA december Ds cember 6 |
